What We Stand For

Community

Our community is the place that our families live and our children grow up - where nutritious school lunch programs, hospitals, local fire departments, and team sports matter. "True Kindness Is Doing Something for Someone Who Can't Repay You".

Recycling

The START Small Challenge
We challenged our team, now we'd like to challenge YOU to give recycling an honest effort to help US make a difference in OUR world. A small start is better than none at all. A small start will evolve into bigger steps. Reduce your global footprint and JUST START.
TIPS to reduce YOUR global footprint - Reduce, Recycle, Reuse

Water

A buffer zone is a protected area that our farmers create alongside watercourses and wetlands. These zones protect Prince Edward Island’s water resources by filtering and assimilating contaminants from surface runoff water. They also provide valuable habitat for many species of wildlife and shade for streams.

Land

Planned crop rotation, integrated pest management techniques, fertilizer and manure use in a nutrient management program, and land management practices to achieve healthy soil and long term sustainability of the land are all farming techniques required for FoodTrust growers.

Sustainability Farming on PEI

FoodTrust farmers lead the way toward environmental responsibility and sustainability. Using standards beyond those required by provincial regulations, FoodTrust potato producers must meet stringent standards, including the use of Environmental Farm Plans, three-year crop rotations, field buffer zones, and Integrated Pest Management techniques. If, for instance, a particular pesticide is put on a USDA or Agriculture Canada watch list, FoodTrust will automatically review its use.

What We Stand For

We challenged our team, now we'd like to challenge YOU to give recycling an honest effort to help US make a difference in OUR world. A small start - is better than none at all. A small start - will evolve into bigger steps. Reduce your global footprint and JUST START.

Save Energy

Set you thermostat a few degrees lower in the winter and a few degrees higher in the summer.

USE LED or CFL lights when your older incandescent bulbs burn out.

Unplug appliances when you're not using them. Or, use a "smart"power strip that senses when appliances are off and cuts"phantom" or "vampire" energy use.

Wash clothes in cold water whenever possible. As much as 85 percent of the energy used to machine-wash clothes goes to heating the water.

Use a drying rack or clothesline to save the energy otherwise used during machine drying. If you must use a dryer, consider adding dryer balls to cut drying time.

Save Water

Take shorter showers.

Install a low-flow showerhead.

Turn it off when you're not using it while you brush your teeth, washing dishes etc.

Install low flow toilets

Skip Bottled Water

Use a water filter to purify tap water. Not only is bottled water expensive, but it generates large amounts of container waste. Use a reusable water bottle.

Keep Electronics Out of the Trash

Keep your cell phones, computers, and other electronics as long as possible. Donate or recycle them responsibly when the time comes. E-waste contains mercury and other toxics and is a growing environmental problem. Ask your local government to set up an electronics recycling and hazardous waste collection event.

Make Your Own Cleaning Supplies

You can make very effective, non-toxic cleaning products with simple ingredients like baking soda, vinegar, lemon, and soap. Making your own cleaning products saves money, time, and packaging-not to mention your indoor air quality.

Bathroom Cleaner Recipe1 cup Blue Dawn1 cup Vinegar

Stir and put in a spray bottle. Spray on surface and let rest for 5 mins, and remove. Best for shower scum, bath scum and to remove stove top stains, etc. (Note: for stove tops use minimal amount the soap will lather.)

Starting small will not only help the environment for our children and future generations but it can save you money.

As these habits become common for you, encourage your family and friends to do the same.

Who We Are

In the late 1970's a group of ambitious potato farmers, better known as friends, identified a need for washed potatoes in the marketplace. The original 7 - all farm families, unanimously agreed to work together and bring Mid Isle Farms to life. The daunting endeavour, "was like walking into darkness with a poor flashlight for a while "Morley Wood admits, "we were too young to be nervous". Over 35 years later, Mid Isle Farms is now one of Prince Edward Island's largest fresh packing facilities and takes pride in providing nutritious potatoes to the homes and restaurants of millions of Canadians and Americans under the FoodTrust brand.

As for the original 7 - 5 of these family farms are now being operated by 6th and 7th generation farmers (the future generations are riding along beside them in the tractor). They put their heart and soul into every potato that is planted, cared for and harvested.

Our Potatoes

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“I come from a long line of hard working and determined potato farmers who took pride in a job well done. They treated people and the land they farmed with respect, and valued family above all else. Knowing that I am carrying on this tradition makes me proud to farm.”– Lori Robinson